Kidnapped women in Cleveland case say thank you
Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight break public silence in a YouTube video
Three women who police say were held captive in a Cleveland home for about a decade have issued a video in which they thanked the public for the encouragement and financial support that has allowed them to restart their lives.
Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight broke their public silence in the three-minute video posted on YouTube.
They said the support and prayers of family, friends and the public are allowing them to rebuild their lives after what Berry called "this entire ordeal".
The women went missing separately between 2002 and 2004, when they were 14, 17, and 20 years old.
In the video, none of the women has any visible scars of the abuse they said they suffered at the hands of Ariel Castro, who has pleaded not guilty to a 329-count indictment alleging he kidnapped them off the streets and held them captive in his two-storey home in the city in American Midwest. They were smiling and appeared upbeat.